11th- against 8th place might not sound all that hot. Fear not: Here's the knowledge that makes Vancouver Whitecaps - LA Galaxy (even) more absorbing!
- Vancouver Whitecaps is in the worst form (1-1-4)
This arena uses the playing surface artifical turf, unlike LA Galaxy's home arena. The last seven games by the visitors on artifical turf have given 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses.
It's quite the trip for LA Galaxy when visiting Vancouver Whitecaps as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.
It's no vacation for neither Vancouver Whitecaps nor LA Galaxy as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
7-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Vancouver Whitecaps, who have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Major League Soccer, so far this season. Vancouver Whitecaps has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Sartini and the players.
Vancouver lost their last game at Colorado Rapids (placed 10th) after a 1-3 scoreline. The attacking player White was announced as "man of the match" for Vancouver Whitecaps with a rating of 7.3/10. White scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Heartbreak before that as Vancouver Whitecaps lost 0-2 at SJ Earthquakes's place.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Vancouver Whitecaps have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 1 and lost 4.
Take note that 10 of the latest 12 league games from this football club have had at least one goal from each team.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Major League Soccer game versus Seattle Sounders in only three days. This game is also played here at BC Place Stadium.
Vancouver are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 14 games. 19 goals have been conceded.
LA Galaxy form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats. The last three matches for LA Galaxy have all ended in a draw.
LA Galaxy has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Nashville SC for a 1-1 draw. Puig got a match rating of 8.31 in that game, top player of the team. Puig scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 96 successful passes (of 104 total).
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Sporting KC.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Galaxy in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for LA Galaxy, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Betting fact: Both teams have scored in 12 of this club's latest 16 league fixtures.
After this away game LA Galaxy return home for a Major League Soccer game against Colorado Rapids. That game is only three sleeps after this.
LA Galaxy have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Galaxy have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
LA Galaxy - Vancouver Whitecaps 5-2 was the scoreline in these teams' latest head-to-head match, earlier this season. Statistics for the last ten meetings between these two contenders are: four wins for Vancouver Whitecaps, two draws and four wins for LA Galaxy. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Hernández Balcázar 14 goals |  D. Joveljić 10 goals |   L. Cavallini 8 goals |
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
LA Galaxy missing players
| Vancouver Whitecaps | LA Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 14 | 29 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 33 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 17 | 47 |
| 54 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 6 | 20 | 43 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 80% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 72% |
| 63% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 55% |
| 33% | 29% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 45% |
| 10% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 21% | 28% |
| 60% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 59% |
| 23% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 24% |
| 23% | 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 21% |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.9 |
| 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.4 | 12.1 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13.1 | 13.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.9 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 31% | 33% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | 34% |
| 13.4 | 12.1 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 12.8 | 12.2 |
| 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
- Vancouver Whitecaps have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the the worst goal difference (-1) at home in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps is in the worst form (1-1-4)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 60 | 34 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 26 | 60 |
| 2 | Austin | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 60 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 15 | 51 |
| 3 | Dallas | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 49 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 49 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 46 |
| 5 | Portland Timbers | 31 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 50 | 47 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 30 | 3 | 45 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 44 | 44 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 0 | 44 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 38 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 0 | 43 |
| 8 | LA Galaxy | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 47 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 40 |
| 9 | Seattle Sounders | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 43 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 39 |
| 10 | Colorado Rapids | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 41 | 51 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 37 | -10 | 36 |
| 11 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 54 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 35 | -21 | 34 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 51 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 35 | -18 | 31 |
| 13 | Houston Dynamo | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 36 | 48 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 30 | -12 | 30 |
| 14 | SJ Earthquakes | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 61 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 38 | -17 | 30 |
